A simple and lightweight new tab extension inspired by Backdrop (Ambient) on Chromecast.

Latest Version

Version
1.0.5
Update
October 24, 2023
Size
363KiB
Developer
rotd.be
Category
Users
81
Rating
5 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
Alarms
Storage
Geolocation
UnlimitedStorage
TopSites
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Backdrop (Ambient) Extension

Make your new tab more beautiful and more useful with the following features:

• New wallpaper every day
• Live weather for current location (°C/°F)
• Choose between grayscale and colored weather icons
• Lightweight, only the current image is stored on the device
• Most visited sites

The design of the extension is inspired by Backdrop (now Ambient/Daydream) on the Google Chromecast.
Users can choose to have the weather displayed with the original grayscale Backdrop icons or the new colorized Ambient icons.
We also try to keep the extension as lightweight as possible and thus do not include the wallpapers in the extension.

Weather and location data provided by Here.com
Wallpapers provided by Bing.com
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 3, "name": "Backdrop (Ambient)", "short_name": "Backdrop", "version": "1.0.5", "description": "A simple and lightweight new tab extension inspired by Backdrop (Ambient) on Chromecast.", "chrome_url_overrides": { "newtab": "blank.html" }, "icons": { "32": "img/logoBackdrop-32.png", "128": "img/logoBackdrop-128.png", "512": "img/logoBackdrop.png" }, "action": { "default_icon": "img/logoBackdrop-32.png" }, "author": "ROTD Apps", "homepage_url": "https://www.rotd.be/backdrop", "permissions": [ "alarms", "storage", "geolocation", "unlimitedStorage", "topSites" ], "host_permissions": [ "https://*.vandamme.io/*", "https://www.bing.com/*" ], "minimum_chrome_version": "88"}
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Aloïs Ghyssaert (ID: 00000029387c844c) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/08/2017 I'm happy if found this, this should have more users.